Help:Namespace prefix

Subjects that are distinguished by a namespace prefix (separated with a colon :) represent the broadest level of classification that the MediaWiki software has build-in support.

Query usage

According to Magic words (Page names), {{PAGENAME}} contains the "Full page title (including all subpage levels) without the namespace" where {{FULLPAGENAME}} is to hold the "Namespace and full page title (including all subpage levels)".

For example, a subject User:Foo with a query containing either {{FULLPAGENAME}} or {{PAGENAME}} will differ in its results:

• {{#show: {{FULLPAGENAME}} |?Modification date#MEDIAWIKI }} where {{FULLPAGENAME}} creates a reference to [[User:Foo]]
• {{#show: {{PAGENAME}} |?Modification date#MEDIAWIKI }} with {{PAGENAME}} is expected to create a reference to [[Foo]]

See also

• Help page on search namespace restrictions
• Help page on namespaces
• Help page on namespaces (mediawiki.org)